Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about scoping the proposal and preparing the Strategic Outline Case for the Pittville project.
Decide whether the approach is appropriate for stage 1, and select the response that supports your decision.
When preparing the Strategic Outline Case, the need to address the number of education courses available to 16-18-year-olds was considered to be sufficiently large and stand alone to form a project.
Was this an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for this project?

• A. Yes, because this stage should confirm the strategic context of the proposal.
• B. Yes, because this stage should provide stakeholders with an early indication of the preferred option.
• C. No, because whether the change is sufficiently large to warrant a project should have been determined before this stage.
• D. No, because the Pittville project is part of a larger programme of change.

Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about the Commercial Case for the Pittville project.
Lines 1 to 6 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies. Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.

Answer the following questions about the actions taken when preparing the Economic Case within the Full Business Case (FBC).
The Outline Business Case (OBC) was based on the following preferred way forward:

Decide whether the action taken represents an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for this project and select the response that supports your decision.
Since the OBC, the Government has established that students from the country do not have to pay university tuition fees. There has been a further 15% increase in interest for taking a Welsh language course at Pittville University.
Should the service scope and underlying assumptions be amended?

• A. Yes, because any changes to service requirements may require following-up throughout the whole case.
• B. Yes, because students are Pittville project stakeholders.
• C. No, because the underlying business need of falling 16-18-year-olds participation in education remains the same.
• D. No, because an increase in interest will NOT reduce the support for the preferred option from the Local Education Authority.

Service Solution 1: 'Do minimum - introduce learning network to
existing schools and universities only'.
Which 2 statements are correct about this entry in the Options
Framework?

• A. Will represent a benchmark for Value For Money throughout the appraisal process.
• B. Supports one or more of the Spending Objectives.
• C. Incorrectly identified as a Scoping Solution.
• D. Delivers against one or more of the critical success factors.
• E. Should be rejected as over-ambitious.

Springbank School has been hugely oversubscribed so has decided to expand its further education unit. It is working formally with Battledown School to reduce course duplication and to potentially offer a greater range of education courses. The Governors from Springbank School feel that these scheduled changes need to be reflected in the Pittville project FBC, even though Springbank was not a shortlisted option.
Should the FBC be updated with the Springbank changes?

• A. Yes, because the public sector comparator (PSC) should be updated.
• B. Yes, because the preferred way forward for the Pittville project must offer better Value For Money than the other options.
• C. No, because the FBC should NOT be updated for best and final offers.
• D. No, because this new scheme should be considered in the next iteration of the programme business case.